Signal lantern



.1- 5. PIXLEY SIGNAL LANTERN April 14, 1931.

Filed March 8, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENT'OR April 14, 1931. 5 PlXLEY 1,801,021

SIGNAL LANTERN Filed March 8, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR JzmZson/d Y 20 i "kORNEY Patented Apr. 14, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JUDSON' S. PIXLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T ARMSPEAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION or ew YORK SIGNAL LANTERN Application filed March 8,

My invention relates particularly to lanterns intended for marker and classification work. Such lanterns have bodies with various colored lenses or glasses and the bodies are sometimes rotatable to permit changes in the color of light visible forward and sidewise.

The main object of my present invention is to facilitate access to the lamp in such a 1; lantern.

I accordingly provide the body and base with interlocking flanges which can be disengaged in only one position of the body on the base. At this position hinge parts are 14 automatically connected so that the body can be tilted to open the lantern. A blinder may also be provided which tilts with the body away from the lamp.

Fig. 1 is a side view of a lantern embody- 99 ing my invention (the lenses or glasses being omitted) the body and base being positioned to permit opening.

Fig. 2 is a side view taken at right angles to the view of Fig. 1 and showing the body tilted to permit access to the lamp.

Fig. 3 is a plan view, the top being omitted and part being broken away to show the parts of the hinge as in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a corresponding plan view, the

3 body having been rotated and being interone side of the case.

The body, 15, of the lantern may be of any suitable construction and provided with any suitable number of lenses or glasses of any suitable combination of colors. Such glasses are suitably held, for instance, in sockets or 0 openings, 16. In the form shown, which is trolling handle, 14, preferably accessible from 1929. Serial No. 345,369.

conventional, the body would be provided with four glasses or lenses.

The bottom of the body is provided with an inwardly turned flange, 17, supported in the groove, 18,,in the top of the base. A ring or plate, 19, is secured to the base by screws, 20, and is provided with a number of outwardly projecting ears or lugs, 21, which normally extend over the flange, 17., and holds the body'in place on the base although permitting relative rotation. The arm, 22, projects outwardly from the lower part of the body and affords a convenient means for rotating the body on the base.

Within the arm, 22, is mounted the latch plunger or bolt, 23, which has a knob or handle portion, 24, and is pressed toward the base by a spring, 25. The base is provided with sockets or recesses, 26, 27 and 28, which are adapted to receive the inner end of the latch bolt so as to hold the body in any one ofa number of ositions.

The flange, 1 is provided with a number of notches, 29, corresponding in number and relative position with the lugs, 21, on the base ring, 19. These lugs and notches are so arranged that they will not register and permit removal of the body of the lantern except when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

\Vithin the body ofthe lantern I preferably provide a hlinder, 30, adapted to cut off the light from two sides. For instance, when the parts are in the position of Fig. 4, light can only shine through thelantern upwardly and 'tojthe left, the light being cut oif from the right hand side and from the lower side, as viewed in these figures. It is assumed, of course, that the base is stationary. This blinder is preferably hinged at 31 so that it may be tilted away from the lamp as shown To permit tilting of the body of the lantern as shown in this figure I provide a hinge lug,

32, which is suitably secured to the base and I provide a hinge pin 33, which projects laterally from the arm, 22, at one side of the body. When the body is rotated on the base into the position shown in Figs. .1, 2, and 3, the hinge pin fits in the bearing in the lug 32 so that llif the body may be tilted back. To prevent accidental disengagement of the hinge parts I also provide a projecting ear, 34, which prevents the separation when the top is thrown back or open.

The hinge parts may be suitably secured to their respective supports by the screws or bolts, 35 and 36.

It will be obvious that thetop or body of the lantern may be removed when the parts are in the position of Figs. 1, 2, and 3 by removing either the screws, 35 or 36. p

Although I have shown only the principal parts of the lantern embodying the novel features of my invention, it will be understood that movable or removable colored glasses may be mounted within the lantern as has heretofore been done in lanterns having fixed or non-tilting bodies.

It will also be understood that I intend that the claims shall be construed broadly to cover various constructions within the terms of the claims. 1

I claim:

1; A lantern comprising a base, a body supported so as to be rotatable on saidbase on a vertical axis, and hinge members carried respectively by said base'and body permitting said body to tilt when said hinge members are interlocked.

2. A lantern comprising a base, a body supported so as to be rotatable on said base on a vertical axis, and binge members carried re spectively by said base and body permitting said body to tilt when said hinge members are interlocked, said hinge members having interlocking parts preventing rotation of the body on the base when the body is tilted.

3. "A lantern comprising a base, a body supported so as to be rotatable on-said base, hinge tion of the bo dy j ection-s and said flange having recesses w ich register in one position of relative rotation, the separation of the flange recessesbeing greater than the width of the ring projec tions said body and base having hinge members which engage each other when said projections and recesses register.

8. A lantern comprising a base having a ring, abody having a flange rotatable beneath the edge of said ring, said ring and flange having projections and recesses which register in one position of relative rotation, said body and base having hinge members which engage each other when said projectionsand recesses register and a latch for preventing rotation of the bodyonjthe base.

. 9. A lantern comprising a base havinga ring witha groove beneath the outer edge, a body having a flange rotatable in said groove beneath the edge of said ring; said ring and flange having pr0 ect1onsand recesses which register in one position of relative rotation,

said body and-base having hinge members which engage each other when said projec tions and recesses register, a latch for preventing rotation of said bodyxwhen upright on the base and a latch for preventinggrotawhen itis tilted.

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members carried respectivelyv by said base and body permitting said body to tilt when,

said hinge members are interlocked, and a blinder supported on said base to. be tilted with said body. f

4. A lantern comprising a base, a body supported so as to be rotatable on said base, and

hinge members carried respectively by said base and body permitting said bodyto tilt when said hinge members are interlocked, each of said hinge members being removable from the other and rigidly secured to its supporting part. 7 w

5. A lantern comprising a'base, a body supported so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis, hinge members carried respectively by said base and body permitting saidbody to tilt when said hinge members vare interlocked and a spring pressed latch carried by and rotatable with the bodyand adapted to interlock withthe base to prevent rotation.

6. A lantern comprising a base having a ring, a body having a flange rotatable beneath the edge of said ring; said ring and flange having projections and recesses which reg.- 

